Action, Ethics, and Responsibility

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Action, Ethics, and Responsibility Topics in Contemporary Philosophy Editors Joseph Keim Campbell, Washington State University Michael O’Rourke, University of Idaho Harry S. Silverstein, Washington State University Editorial Board Members Kent Bach, San Francisco State University Michael Bratman, Stanford University Nancy Cartwright, London School of Economics Richard Feldman, University of Rochester John Martin Fischer, University of California, Riverside Nicholas F. Gier, University of Idaho Philip J. Ivanhoe, City University of Hong Kong Michael McKinsey, Wayne State University John Perry, Stanford University and University of California, Riverside Stephen Schiffer, New York University Brian Skyrms, University of California, Irvine Holly Smith, Rutgers University Judith Jarvis Thomson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Peter van Inwagen, University of Notre Dame Action, Ethics, and Responsibility edited by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O’Rourke, and Harry S. Silverstein A Bradford Book The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2010 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. MIT Press books may be purchased at special quantity discounts for business or sales promotional use. For information, please email special_sales@mitpress.mit.edu or write to Special Sales Department, The MIT Press, 55 Hayward Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. This book was set in Stone Sans and Stone Serif by Toppan Best-set Premedia Limited. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Action, ethics, and responsibility / edited by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O’Rourke, and Harry S. Silverstein. p. cm.—(Topics in contemporary philosophy) “A Bradford book.” Includes bibliographical references and index. “The essays in this volume derive from presentations given at the ninth annual Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference (INPC), held March 31–April 2, 2006 in Pullman, Washington and Moscow, Idaho”—Acknowledgments. ISBN 978-0-262-01473-1 (hardcover: alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-262-51484-2 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Responsibility—Congresses. I. Campbell, Joseph Keim, 1958–. II. O’Rourke, Michael, 1963–. III. Silverstein, Harry, 1942–. IV. Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference (9th: 2006: Moscow, Idaho, and Pullman, Wash.). BJ1451.A28 2010 170—dc22 2010006928 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...